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cute curtis:
Hi, how can I manually format my swap partition? Also I want to know if I'm really using it? Thanks

jazzbiker:

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Hi, @cute curtis!
To get info on your memory usage you can do

--- Code: ---cat /proc/meminfo
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If you are using any X server, you can call:
System Tools > Control Panel > System Stats > mem
from application menu.

Do you mean "format my swap" clearing your data for security purposes?

jazzbiker:
There is "noswap" boot code, if you have enough memory for your tasks this will be the simplest solution.

Juanito:
See:

https://linux.die.net/man/8/mkswap

mkswap and swapon are in the util-linux extension

Rich:
Hi cute curtis

--- Quote from: cute curtis on May 06, 2019, 10:18:33 PM --- ... Also I want to know if I'm really using it? ...
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To get a list of swap devices, their sizes, and how much of each device is in use:

--- Code: ---tc@box:~$ cat /proc/swaps
Filename                                Type            Size    Used    Priority
/dev/sda2                               partition       1047548 181584  -1
tc@box:~$
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